Ministers endorse action plan to stop spread of Red Palm Weevil

Posted on Jue, 06 Abr 2017, 12:29

The final day of a three day event 29 - 31 March 2017, to debate and define an international action plan to stop the spread of the Red Palm Weevil (RPW) brought together agricultural ministers and decision makers to review …

Close Cooperation of the IPPC with Canada in the Phytosanitary Areas

Posted on Jue, 06 Abr 2017, 08:28

A bilateral meeting between the IPPC Secretariat and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) was held at the Oakwood Hotel in Incheon, Republic of Korea, on 3 April 2017 just before the CPM 12. The delegation of the IPPC, led …

The IPPC-SPS Side Event on Trade Facilitation held in Geneva

Posted on Mié, 05 Abr 2017, 08:42

Copyright IPPC 2017 - IPPC Secretariat participates in the STDF Working Group meeting March 2017

The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Working Group (WG) meeting was held from 20 - 21 March 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. Ketevan Lomsadze, IPPC …

Webcast of CPM12 Opening session UPDATED LINK

Posted on Mié, 05 Abr 2017, 06:00

The CPM-12 opening session was webcast live on Wednesday 5 April at 2:00 pm (Incheon, Republic of Korea local time). You can find the recording of the session here.

The 6th IPPC Seminar on the Contribution of the IPPC to stop the spread of the Red Palm Weevil Pest

Posted on Lun, 03 Abr 2017, 09:11

The 6th IPPC Seminar on Stop the Red Palm Weevil: Contribution of the IPPC to prevent the spread of this pest took place in the FAO Headquarters on March 29th 2017. The seminar was chaired by IPPC Secretary Jingyuan Xia, …

Major Achievements of the Task Force for Resource Mobilization of the IPPC Secretariat for 2016 and its Key Activities for 2017

Posted on Mié, 29 Mar 2017, 17:23

With the purpose to assist the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat in ensuring sustainable and sufficient funding in order to fulfil the IPPC strategic objectives, the Task Force for Resource Mobilization (TFRM) had a very productive 2016 year. The …

The ePhyto Steering Group and Project Technical Committee Meeting Held in Geneva

Posted on Mié, 29 Mar 2017, 07:32

The ePhyto Steering Group (ESG) and Project Technical Committee (PTC) meeting was held from 13-17 March 2017 at the World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland. The main objective of the meeting was to advance development of the ePhyto Solution. The …

Achievements of the Integration and Support Team in 2016 and its Core Activities for 2017

Posted on Mar, 28 Mar 2017, 15:24

The Integration and Support Team (IST) deals with crosscutting activities of the IPPC Secretariat in close cooperation with Standard Setting Unit SSU) and Implementation Facilitation Unit (IFU), and Task Force of Communication and Advocacy (TFCA). The major achievements of the …

IPPC collaboration with World Bank towards supporting effective implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in Malawi

Posted on Mar, 28 Mar 2017, 06:16

Photo Copyright IPPC 2017: Malawian general notice advising travelers to declare agricultural commodities

A Trade Facilitation Agreement validation mission was conducted on 22-28 January 2017, in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi with the participation of Ketevan Lomsadze, Agricultural Officer of the …

The 2nd IPPC Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop Held towards building Staff's Capacity for the IPPC Secretariat

Posted on Lun, 27 Mar 2017, 16:21

Photo Copyright IPPC, 2017: Monitoring and Evaluation workshop February 2017

The 2nd IPPC Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Workshop was held from 15-17 February 2017 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy. The main objective of the workshop was to continuously strengthen …

CPM-12 mobile app

Posted on Lun, 27 Mar 2017, 06:47

Amongst the news brought by the Twelfth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-12), the first ever IPPC commission meeting held outside of Rome, is a CPM mobile application (app), available for download from mobile devices and tablets.

The …

Strengthening the Phytosanitary Capacities of IPPC Contracting Parties though Project Implementation

Posted on Mié, 22 Mar 2017, 07:45

Photograph Copyright: FAO AZ, 2016, Inception meeting of the MTF/AZE/007/STF: STDF/PG/316 Strengthening phytosanitary inspection and diagnostic services in Republic of Azerbaijan

The Implementation Facilitation Unit (IFU) of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) works to support the …

Strong support to IPPC Phytosanitary Resources Page through Contributed Technical Resources

Posted on Mar, 21 Mar 2017, 13:01

Photograph Copyright: Sajad Hussain Mir, 2015 Bandipora, India. Bactrocera tau

Five technical resource contributions have been reviewed by the Capacity Development Committee and are now posted in the Contributed Resources section of the Phytosanitary Resources page. Thanks to the generous …

IPPC contributes towards improved national phytosanitary legislation and capacity building in Uzbekistan

Posted on Lun, 20 Mar 2017, 19:52

Photograph Copyright: FAO UZ 2017

The IPPC, FAO and Uzbek stakeholders met from 12 to 16 February 2017 to kick off inception activities for the FAO Project Support to the Improvement of the National Seed, Plant Variety Protection and Phytosanitary …